Hobart Penitentiary - Paranormal Investigation
The source describes a public paranormal-investigation event at Hobart Penitentiary and associates the site with haunted convict-era narratives.
- Record ID
- 1,149
- Year
- 2,026
- Source
- National Trust Tasmania
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 1149
- Source
- National Trust Tasmania
- Publication
- National Trust Tasmania
- Published
- public event page, accessed 2026-06-21
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- Paranormal Investigation
- Archive period
- Digital Era
- Location
- Hobart Convict Penitentiary, Hobart, Tasmania (TAS): B
- State or territory
- TAS
- Source voice
- Heritage Discourse
- Publicness
- Public Page
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The source describes a public paranormal-investigation event at Hobart Penitentiary and associates the site with haunted convict-era narratives.
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